Abortive:
failing to produce the intended result
Bruit: spread a report or rumor widely
Contumelious:
scornful and insulting behavior
Dictum:
a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source; a short
statement that expresses a general truth or principle
Ensconce:
establish or settle
Iconoclastic:
characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions
In medias res: a narrative that begins somewhere in the middle of a
story rather than the beginning
Internecine:
destructive to both sides in a conflict
Maladroit:
ineffective or bungling; clumsy
Maudlin:
self-pitying or tearfully sentimental, often through
drunkenness
Modulate:
exert a modifying or controlling influence on
Portentous:
of or like a portent; done in a pompously or overly solemn
manner
Prescience:
the power to foresee the future
Quid
pro quo: a favor or advantage granted in return for
something
Salubrious:
health-giving, healthy; pleasant, not run-down
Saturnalia:
the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December; an occasion of wild
revelry
Touchstone:
a standard or criterion by which something is judged or
recognized
Traumatic:
emotionally disturbing or distressing; relating to or causing
psychological trauma
Vitiate:
spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of; destroy or impair the
legal validity of.
Waggish:
humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner
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